Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
Union Gap Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 53077001300 · Yakima County, WA · pop 2,872 · 84% of tract blocks fall in Union Gap
Tract 53077001300 sits in Union Gap, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.8/10. It is home to 2,872 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,110
Renter share32.9%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate20.1%
Median income$55,147
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Union Gap and the region
Centroid at 46.5578, -120.5048 · click any tract to drill in
Why Union Gap scores 6.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Union Gap
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
20.1% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,295 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Union Gap
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Union Gap
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Union Gap
5.7
How Union Gap compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 4Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.2%Peak (2015)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Union Gap
Adults with no health insurance runs 22.6% against 11.3% nationally. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.7/10. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Against the Yakima County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Against Yakima County at 38.4%, 34% of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 4 filings here across 1 tracked years.
Average gross rent is $1,295, 14% above the Union Gap average. Filings peaked in 2015 at 1.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 84% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53077001300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53077001300?
Census tract 53077001300 in Union Gap scores 6.8/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 53077001300?
Median gross rent is $1,295/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53077001300?
20.1% of residents in tract 53077001300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,872.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53077001300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 93th, minority 72th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53077001300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 53077001300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.17% of renter households, peaking at 1.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 53077001300 compare to Union Gap overall?
Tract 53077001300 scores 6.8/10, higher than the parent city of Union Gap at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Union Gap; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Union Gap
Top eight tracts in Union Gap ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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